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The Daily journal-herald. (Delaware, Ohio), 1918-03-25

Page 1

THE DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD
THE JOURNAL HERALD RECEIVES THE FULL UNITE D PRESS WIRE NEWS REPORTS*
W BATUMI—Fair tonight; TueMtaiy fair, warmer.
1'Kl.AUAKK, OHIO, MUMMY KVKNIXG, MAIM II 25. 10IM
lull ME 7.'.. MO, Itttt
I'HK'K TEA CENTS PER WEEK
ARE FORCED ID
EASTBANKSBY
BRITISH1F0RCES
I FRENCl
fl DIRIGIBLES OrAHD VANE ( .: MPs FROM FOK AlUMh
SOUTH OF PERONNE
45.000 ALLIED
r -.
mm*
^^W***JSs^f' $%*:
. . m, **0 *a ~•» a • a. ^> .
BY GERMANS
" * :■' > *
^Aa. **?
ft
- i
----- .— - -, / .^(^,a^a/ ^.
AI BAPAUME
By Lalted Preas
!:• i-iin via London, March IS
ol the Somnie river was
Ham. th<- Berlin war
:-. i | today, "Wt mount-
, i- ■ ■'.-. v
• continued.
: ; hal Hi .- ii
ent, admitted the i lermans
of Pi r
.".'■rlin war
ilg referr d to the same ac-
Drrlalon . brought op fa.il-
ed tt- bring .: deelaloa In ran t at
Deny tha statement said
"In they del
ed ai
-
■
■ hon-
w i I h e IV -
-
■
:
• aited Preaa
London. Mar LT. German forces
tro«sed the Sommc river south of
Dm between that city anil l.i-
coort, t.fit were driven l.aek to tin-
east bank by coaster attacks. Field
Marshal Haig reported toda>
The first hostile attacks this morn
ing developed north and south of
Bapaume, Haig said.
I '< -i.p.iime Is 18 miles west of f'am-
ral and more than six inih-s south-
mt ol the nearest point held hy the
rl, i :..i!i- before tha present offensive, i
Th« teattle continues with great
violottci on the whole front. North
of l ia pa urn. , jreeterdaj evaaiaf, pow-
e-rl'ul attacks vve-re- repulse's, witii
1 heavy e nein.-. lo sea. Al only one
point did tin- Germans reach the Hritish trenches. The) eera Immediate-
Ij throv.il e.ut.
, Elsewhere tha eaenty's attacks
I ere sii,ji|,eil bj Hritish rille and noa-
fhine ;:i,n tire anil he was driven
1 hack with great losses.
I This may he regard as the most
[optimistic official statement lssii»ei by
'Field Marshal Haig since the German
| offensive leegan. According to the
Hritish commander, the enemy's ad-
' ance has heen stopped all along the
; line- temporarily, at least f.
8
■ - : i•• porl ol thi ai con:
mission The eluplii ate : ' 17 I
;'- S47.04I apart I wl
697,630,232 In 1916
*i 19 -t 16.426.
GIVEN CLIMAX TtSI IN
NEXT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS™ ™g
IN WAR CONFLICT
Bj .1. IV. T. MIMIN
.New York, Mar. 25. ihi next
twenty-lour hours will probably mark
tin- cliiiiav e.r Von Hindenburg'* an-.
precedeated slaughter of his own
troops in an effort to overwhelm the
Hritish armie-s in France I! tin- Hritish lines hold their own druing that
period. Von Hindeniuirg 'a great gam-
hle must begin to go against him. j
Kor the present the 'lermans have
gained two objectives. They have-
largely improved their own defensive
positions guarding their chief line*
of i ommounication In western
France; and the they have undoubtedly disarranged Hritisi
plans for the coming summer. Hut
the Hermans have not vel regained
all the territory tiny voluntarily
abandoned last March vv h.-n they retired to the Hindenburg line.
proved British defense in'th'ir statelier., of captured prisoners. Boring
the tirst two days of he fight ISt-rUn
reported 25,00" Hritish had been taken. Kor the second elays of the combat only (,000 addtioaal prisoners
have been announced from the Hit-
iiKin headquarters. This sudden de-1 I'aris,
cline in the number of prisoners is j relieved
very reassuring
The preaenl Gorman objectiv
March US.— French troops
part of the allied! forces
i Saturday taking over the .struggle.
[„ the war otiice communique stated to-
the attack shows evidence of not be-Iday
ing fixed at any one point. The Itrit-! Tnis is tb*' ,,rst o*eclal alUed an-
ish retirement, has . a used Von Hla-1aaamtam**t that French troops are
deabnrg appareatlj to search raadtyl***1*** *** "r-itinij to repel tha Qer-
at numerous sectors for any special ;>nan drive.
weakness of the line- with th>- int-ii-
Th»- 1!, rlin official statement
of
"ffen8!ve tion of trying !,..r. aK through there :Sun<l:*> "lil> ' declared that re-
Otherwise it is difficult to explain's,"rv,"; eompoaed of Hritish. French
satisfactorily th. scattering nature .,!arul American troops vv i :
the German blows. After attempting to oul Hang th. Hritish positions
. SB. ■:'"!l-
hlngton, Mar 25.—Field Mar-] During a ret remi
i ter- ' to e,-.-.-!-i
man drivi of nlnel
with only twenl o Bi
tling Ton t waa stated awtn loss,
thi British mllltaryi - men a tia:- in killed, wounded
According to the British strateg) [captured. At thii to thi
ll ... .- :. th,-' are Ju itified In opl nd in
iter eonci nl ces until the I • German are
he h - I ■ "■
defeated.
The Hermans evidently meant tei
imply that the mobile reserve au-
at the southern end of the British.
thorized at the Versailles .(inference
The Hritish front Is re Isting all front ,tI1(1 tailing, Voa Hindenburg i"-"' '"''" in a"i""
Hy I'nited I'ress.
Washington, Mar 25.- President
Wilson is deeply confident of allied
success on the west front.
Ha is keeping in direct intimate'
touch with every development—of-
tie-ial and by press reports—as Von
Hindenburg continues li is butchery
of Genaaaa to satisfy tha war ao-
sires of the kaiser
As rapidlv M vvav department ad
vices are received the are sent to the
white house. I'nited I'ress bulletins
bearing on the west front battle are
communicated immediately to the
white house. In view of all reports
'today the president fells now opti-
jmlam la the ultimate result
The president said toda) he seemed
i to recall the- kaiser some- time ago de-
i elared the offensive would begin
I Mar 21
tendency to give u; in disorder. As
long as this slow orderly retirement
proceeds the Herman attacks must
continue to exhaust Germany s manpower without compensating offensive advantages.
The German's confess to au I til -
,
11
Nov;..p. .s located on about
l in miles west of Latere where the
h Hritish and French lines are welded
Tlo- French D nst have
engaged the enemy some ei: itance
has turned for a new drive nearly
fifty inile-s north, near Arras
breaking up of the German strength
in this manner Indicates Von Hindenburg is now acting aa an opportunist,
the failure ol opportunists has been1*
present war.
ol .
almost Invaria a thi
eeeded la cross the battle lines at a I ion a greal aei attack Is taking
high altitude and attacking the city. ; place ami it seen ver) possible «ha*t|
Thev wen. ptirs'ieei Immediately by re*tkal development of airplane gnaa
French air planes from tie- front and by the Germ di Involved.
those attache.i to the Han defeases, "1 bold this i despite the as-,
Thoy were elrive-el oT alter dropping j sertiOB fi I position of a new
ment so far reported at this point is
to f'hauny. tiv smiles west e.f La-
fere.
several bombs.
SAV BIG CUN
IS GERMAN
CAMOUFLAGE
Bj Felted Pre
Washington, Mar. 26. Skepticism
over the ability of the Germans to
bombard Paris from ■ range of see-
.til-, ei mon miles -ont inued here
There was ,-, teadenci '" helleva that
thi Berlin c iim of such bombard
mint wan based upon the fact that
Herlin eleslred to cast fear among the
alllrv
"They've got to show me even
mew. -aid General Snow. American
chii
of artillery
The general
shared the feeling that Herlin was
: cainoutiaging anel said ha fell certain thai so,ne device Dearer Paifa
than seventy miles was responsible.
AIR RAID ON
PARIS RESUMED
DV GERMANS
Bj I'nited Press.
I'nris, Mar. 2,'e. - Several casualties
resulted from yesterday's air raid
on Paris, lt was officially announced
| today.
A number of enemy air planes sue-
WOOD HOOTS
AT EONG RANGE
THEORY
gun has been telj ascertained.!
I am e ire thai lith a short time it
Will '.e ,- • i that an air-plane j
bombardment nited in a mis-i
leading r-
Tin shell - •: iii i'ai is '
toda) wen t explo live power
and made ': heiie in the
found Me Dts at several di:'-
f.-reuit i.i... -' ..- .1 that holes av-
eragi ei four feel In d ameter and were
BRITISH FLAY
ENEMY FINES
i.i I'niti ; Prt
Hv I'nited I'ress
New York, Mar 2
Wood, just returned
Va. Gen.
from Prance-
«*• TKKD s. FEKtU'SON
I lilte-el I'ress Siall I ori-i-spoiiili'Iil
With the Ami rie'.in Ai
Prance, Man h 2'. The
no mote than i-'-" feel deep. liom|« 1 wen heavily bombarded and
rrom aeroplanes heretofore treqaeat- machlae gennee tor an hour early
ly have been much more effective. :thjs morning during the reli.f
French experts direction attention ! changes h> th« in.-mv
to the fact the the BOtla fall at a 'Relief changes mean the relief
slackened speed with practically no'0f troops in the front line trenches
force. jby fresh nnlts.
The bourse lode decided to con-1
tiniie o • '.it ..M regi rdlaaa of thej *" "~" ——-
aa. m ,, r.
■n drive has b mme near
-
than i w.
pa nine, which evident tu
ins' Immed at probably
. ks nortl this city Sun-[marks I
- ■
-emphatically .Icciareei his belief that treat offensive and the- .'ir attacks n„
no mysterious new German gun is
firing on I'aris
I have read all the reports regarding the attack on I'aris, said
General Wood, in a statement to the
New York Herald. ' and I am convinced that no new gun of marvellous range || involved In my opin-
lt was arranged in the event
I'aris
of h
in the basement.
l.ONiuiv ih. r There, 0
.M. Cohans war song la the hit Of
' r,,0,l,S!l.o,,de,n. When oreh, f. .-
! restaurants start it up. Bril
and Vmerlcaaa alike- iwiag in -
tun,- in one hotel receatlj repeated
encores resulted in the orchi
playing the place for n irlj iiif' I
hour without a l-r.-ak
BAKER CONFERS
WITH PREMIER
LLOYD GEORGE
v Ding ll for aa
v H inferred with Lord
:rv of state for war. ami
hoot the
OHIO'S WEALTH IS *H„V47,04fl,tkM»
Colamhaa, 0 March 25.—Ohio's
wealth Increased by millions in 1917
tho biggest year in history, accord-
London, .Mar 1
The vmericao ,un,<
tation among Brit-
■ ti ■_■ .■ t. • :eetai '
II
,;,. ■ I the A ■• '■
■ in! hot stee

THE DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD
THE JOURNAL HERALD RECEIVES THE FULL UNITE D PRESS WIRE NEWS REPORTS*
W BATUMI—Fair tonight; TueMtaiy fair, warmer.
1'Kl.AUAKK, OHIO, MUMMY KVKNIXG, MAIM II 25. 10IM
lull ME 7.'.. MO, Itttt
I'HK'K TEA CENTS PER WEEK
ARE FORCED ID
EASTBANKSBY
BRITISH1F0RCES
I FRENCl
fl DIRIGIBLES OrAHD VANE ( .: MPs FROM FOK AlUMh
SOUTH OF PERONNE
45.000 ALLIED
r -.
mm*
^^W***JSs^f' $%*:
. . m, **0 *a ~•» a • a. ^> .
BY GERMANS
" * :■' > *
^Aa. **?
ft
- i
----- .— - -, / .^(^,a^a/ ^.
AI BAPAUME
By Lalted Preas
!:• i-iin via London, March IS
ol the Somnie river was
Ham. th
The first hostile attacks this morn
ing developed north and south of
Bapaume, Haig said.
I '< -i.p.iime Is 18 miles west of f'am-
ral and more than six inih-s south-
mt ol the nearest point held hy the
rl, i :..i!i- before tha present offensive, i
Th« teattle continues with great
violottci on the whole front. North
of l ia pa urn. , jreeterdaj evaaiaf, pow-
e-rl'ul attacks vve-re- repulse's, witii
1 heavy e nein.-. lo sea. Al only one
point did tin- Germans reach the Hritish trenches. The) eera Immediate-
Ij throv.il e.ut.
, Elsewhere tha eaenty's attacks
I ere sii,ji|,eil bj Hritish rille and noa-
fhine ;:i,n tire anil he was driven
1 hack with great losses.
I This may he regard as the most
[optimistic official statement lssii»ei by
'Field Marshal Haig since the German
| offensive leegan. According to the
Hritish commander, the enemy's ad-
' ance has heen stopped all along the
; line- temporarily, at least f.
8
■ - : i•• porl ol thi ai con:
mission The eluplii ate : ' 17 I
;'- S47.04I apart I wl
697,630,232 In 1916
*i 19 -t 16.426.
GIVEN CLIMAX TtSI IN
NEXT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS™ ™g
IN WAR CONFLICT
Bj .1. IV. T. MIMIN
.New York, Mar. 25. ihi next
twenty-lour hours will probably mark
tin- cliiiiav e.r Von Hindenburg'* an-.
precedeated slaughter of his own
troops in an effort to overwhelm the
Hritish armie-s in France I! tin- Hritish lines hold their own druing that
period. Von Hindeniuirg 'a great gam-
hle must begin to go against him. j
Kor the present the 'lermans have
gained two objectives. They have-
largely improved their own defensive
positions guarding their chief line*
of i ommounication In western
France; and the they have undoubtedly disarranged Hritisi
plans for the coming summer. Hut
the Hermans have not vel regained
all the territory tiny voluntarily
abandoned last March vv h.-n they retired to the Hindenburg line.
proved British defense in'th'ir statelier., of captured prisoners. Boring
the tirst two days of he fight ISt-rUn
reported 25,00" Hritish had been taken. Kor the second elays of the combat only (,000 addtioaal prisoners
have been announced from the Hit-
iiKin headquarters. This sudden de-1 I'aris,
cline in the number of prisoners is j relieved
very reassuring
The preaenl Gorman objectiv
March US.— French troops
part of the allied! forces
i Saturday taking over the .struggle.
[„ the war otiice communique stated to-
the attack shows evidence of not be-Iday
ing fixed at any one point. The Itrit-! Tnis is tb*' ,,rst o*eclal alUed an-
ish retirement, has . a used Von Hla-1aaamtam**t that French troops are
deabnrg appareatlj to search raadtyl***1*** *** "r-itinij to repel tha Qer-
at numerous sectors for any special ;>nan drive.
weakness of the line- with th>- int-ii-
Th»- 1!, rlin official statement
of
"ffen8!ve tion of trying !,..r. aK through there :Sun "lil> ' declared that re-
Otherwise it is difficult to explain's,"rv,"; eompoaed of Hritish. French
satisfactorily th. scattering nature .,!arul American troops vv i :
the German blows. After attempting to oul Hang th. Hritish positions
. SB. ■:'"!l-
hlngton, Mar 25.—Field Mar-] During a ret remi
i ter- ' to e,-.-.-!-i
man drivi of nlnel
with only twenl o Bi
tling Ton t waa stated awtn loss,
thi British mllltaryi - men a tia:- in killed, wounded
According to the British strateg) [captured. At thii to thi
ll ... .- :. th,-' are Ju itified In opl nd in
iter eonci nl ces until the I • German are
he h - I ■ "■
defeated.
The Hermans evidently meant tei
imply that the mobile reserve au-
at the southern end of the British.
thorized at the Versailles .(inference
The Hritish front Is re Isting all front ,tI1(1 tailing, Voa Hindenburg i"-"' '"''" in a"i""
Hy I'nited I'ress.
Washington, Mar 25.- President
Wilson is deeply confident of allied
success on the west front.
Ha is keeping in direct intimate'
touch with every development—of-
tie-ial and by press reports—as Von
Hindenburg continues li is butchery
of Genaaaa to satisfy tha war ao-
sires of the kaiser
As rapidlv M vvav department ad
vices are received the are sent to the
white house. I'nited I'ress bulletins
bearing on the west front battle are
communicated immediately to the
white house. In view of all reports
'today the president fells now opti-
jmlam la the ultimate result
The president said toda) he seemed
i to recall the- kaiser some- time ago de-
i elared the offensive would begin
I Mar 21
tendency to give u; in disorder. As
long as this slow orderly retirement
proceeds the Herman attacks must
continue to exhaust Germany s manpower without compensating offensive advantages.
The German's confess to au I til -
,
11
Nov;..p. .s located on about
l in miles west of Latere where the
h Hritish and French lines are welded
Tlo- French D nst have
engaged the enemy some ei: itance
has turned for a new drive nearly
fifty inile-s north, near Arras
breaking up of the German strength
in this manner Indicates Von Hindenburg is now acting aa an opportunist,
the failure ol opportunists has been1*
present war.
ol .
almost Invaria a thi
eeeded la cross the battle lines at a I ion a greal aei attack Is taking
high altitude and attacking the city. ; place ami it seen ver) possible «ha*t|
Thev wen. ptirs'ieei Immediately by re*tkal development of airplane gnaa
French air planes from tie- front and by the Germ di Involved.
those attache.i to the Han defeases, "1 bold this i despite the as-,
Thoy were elrive-el oT alter dropping j sertiOB fi I position of a new
ment so far reported at this point is
to f'hauny. tiv smiles west e.f La-
fere.
several bombs.
SAV BIG CUN
IS GERMAN
CAMOUFLAGE
Bj Felted Pre
Washington, Mar. 26. Skepticism
over the ability of the Germans to
bombard Paris from ■ range of see-
.til-, ei mon miles -ont inued here
There was ,-, teadenci '" helleva that
thi Berlin c iim of such bombard
mint wan based upon the fact that
Herlin eleslred to cast fear among the
alllrv
"They've got to show me even
mew. -aid General Snow. American
chii
of artillery
The general
shared the feeling that Herlin was
: cainoutiaging anel said ha fell certain thai so,ne device Dearer Paifa
than seventy miles was responsible.
AIR RAID ON
PARIS RESUMED
DV GERMANS
Bj I'nited Press.
I'nris, Mar. 2,'e. - Several casualties
resulted from yesterday's air raid
on Paris, lt was officially announced
| today.
A number of enemy air planes sue-
WOOD HOOTS
AT EONG RANGE
THEORY
gun has been telj ascertained.!
I am e ire thai lith a short time it
Will '.e ,- • i that an air-plane j
bombardment nited in a mis-i
leading r-
Tin shell - •: iii i'ai is '
toda) wen t explo live power
and made ': heiie in the
found Me Dts at several di:'-
f.-reuit i.i... -' ..- .1 that holes av-
eragi ei four feel In d ameter and were
BRITISH FLAY
ENEMY FINES
i.i I'niti ; Prt
Hv I'nited I'ress
New York, Mar 2
Wood, just returned
Va. Gen.
from Prance-
«*• TKKD s. FEKtU'SON
I lilte-el I'ress Siall I ori-i-spoiiili'Iil
With the Ami rie'.in Ai
Prance, Man h 2'. The
no mote than i-'-" feel deep. liom|« 1 wen heavily bombarded and
rrom aeroplanes heretofore treqaeat- machlae gennee tor an hour early
ly have been much more effective. :thjs morning during the reli.f
French experts direction attention ! changes h> th« in.-mv
to the fact the the BOtla fall at a 'Relief changes mean the relief
slackened speed with practically no'0f troops in the front line trenches
force. jby fresh nnlts.
The bourse lode decided to con-1
tiniie o • '.it ..M regi rdlaaa of thej *" "~" ——-
aa. m ,, r.
■n drive has b mme near
-
than i w.
pa nine, which evident tu
ins' Immed at probably
. ks nortl this city Sun-[marks I
- ■
-emphatically .Icciareei his belief that treat offensive and the- .'ir attacks n„
no mysterious new German gun is
firing on I'aris
I have read all the reports regarding the attack on I'aris, said
General Wood, in a statement to the
New York Herald. ' and I am convinced that no new gun of marvellous range || involved In my opin-
lt was arranged in the event
I'aris
of h
in the basement.
l.ONiuiv ih. r There, 0
.M. Cohans war song la the hit Of
' r,,0,l,S!l.o,,de,n. When oreh, f. .-
! restaurants start it up. Bril
and Vmerlcaaa alike- iwiag in -
tun,- in one hotel receatlj repeated
encores resulted in the orchi
playing the place for n irlj iiif' I
hour without a l-r.-ak
BAKER CONFERS
WITH PREMIER
LLOYD GEORGE
v Ding ll for aa
v H inferred with Lord
:rv of state for war. ami
hoot the
OHIO'S WEALTH IS *H„V47,04fl,tkM»
Colamhaa, 0 March 25.—Ohio's
wealth Increased by millions in 1917
tho biggest year in history, accord-
London, .Mar 1
The vmericao ,un,<
tation among Brit-
■ ti ■_■ .■ t. • :eetai '
II
,;,. ■ I the A ■• '■
■ in! hot stee